KR100700877B1 - System and method for managing a farm in ubiquitous - Google Patents

Abstract

A ubiquitous based farm management system and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a management terminal for managing measurement data detecting temperature, humidity, or irradiation amount inside a house to be managed using a communication network and controlling a driving device installed in the house using short-range wireless communication; Detects the temperature, humidity, or irradiation amount inside the main house, manages measurement data measuring the outside temperature, rainfall, or snowfall, and controls the driving device of the main house according to the measurement data, and at least one management terminal and a short distance A main management terminal for transmitting and receiving data through wireless communication and transmitting and receiving data to and from the farm management server through a wired or wireless network; And transmit optimization data of temperature, humidity, or irradiation required for managing crops or livestock managed by the house to the main management terminal, and transmit a guidance message generated from the main management terminal to the mobile terminal through the communication network. It is configured to include a farm management server for transmitting the received control signal to the main management terminal.

Near Field Communication, Measurement Sensors, Driving Devices, Weather Data, Optimization Data, Ubiquitous, USN

Description

Ubiquitous based farm management system and its method {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A FARM IN UBIQUITOUS}

1 illustrates a ubiquitous based farm management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 shows a management system of a farm implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 schematically illustrates a main management terminal of a farm shown in FIG. 2.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a ubiquitous based farm management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: first sub house

200: second sub house

300: main house

110, 210, 310: measuring sensor

130, 230, 330: drive unit

150, 250: sub management terminal

350: main management terminal

400: farm

500: communication network

600: farm management server

700: Short Message Service Server

750: Multimedia Message Service Server

800: mobile terminal

The present invention relates to a farm management system and a method thereof, and more particularly, a ubiquitous to monitor a house, a greenhouse, a barn, a freezer, and the like to maintain an optimal environment by using a mobile terminal and to cope with a sudden change of the environment. It relates to a farm management system and a method thereof.

Generally, crops grown in farm houses are affected by temperature, humidity, insolation, water supply, carbon dioxide, etc., and the quality of crop growth rate, yield, and taste. Therefore, in the environment of a plastic house, such as a farm, a temperature, humidity, insolation and the like equipment was used, which was limited by the farmer or the manager must operate only on site.

In addition, when cultivating and raising various types of crops and livestock, information required to grow each crop or raise livestock, such as sowing time, harvest time, pesticide supply time, fertilizer supply time, livestock vaccination time, etc. There has been a problem that farmers or managers who do not work in a timely manner depend on memory for all situations.

In addition, there was no way to deal with meteorological disasters such as rising or falling temperatures, typhoons, and cold waves in advance, causing severe damage to crops or livestock.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to monitor a house, that is, a greenhouse, a barn, a freezer, etc. to maintain an optimal environment by using a mobile terminal, and to cope with sudden changes in the environment. To provide a ubiquitous based farm management system and method thereof.

Ubiquitous based farm management system according to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,
The house to detect an environmental factor including temperature, humidity, or irradiation amount inside the house and to control the environmental factor through a measuring sensor that detects temperature, humidity, or irradiation amount installed inside the house using near field communication. A management terminal interlocking with at least one driving device installed in the interior of the;
The driving device of the main house is driven according to measurement data including at least one of an internal temperature, humidity, or irradiation amount and an external temperature, rainfall, or snow amount detected using the measurement sensors installed inside and outside the main house. A main management terminal for controlling, transmitting and receiving data with at least one management terminal through the short range wireless communication, and transmitting and receiving data with a farm management server through a wired or wireless network; And

Transmit optimization data of temperature, humidity, or irradiation required for managing crops or livestock managed by the house to the main management terminal, and transmit a guide message generated from the main management terminal to a mobile terminal through the wireless communication network, And a farm management server for transmitting the control signal received from the mobile terminal to the main management terminal through the wireless communication network.

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Ubiquitous-based farm management method according to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A management terminal for transmitting and receiving data to and from the measurement sensor and the driving device through near field communication; And a main management terminal for transmitting and receiving data to and from the management terminal through the short range wireless communication and communicating with a farm management server through a wired or wireless network.

A) receiving, by the main management server, optimization data of temperature, humidity, or dose corresponding to a crop or livestock managed by a house from the farm management server;

B) transmitting measurement data measuring temperature, humidity, or irradiation amount in the house and current state data of a driving device for controlling the temperature, humidity, or irradiation amount to the main management terminal through the management terminal;

C) comparing the measurement data inside the house with the optimization data to determine whether it is within a range of the optimization data;

D) if outside the range of the optimization data, the main management terminal sends a control signal to the management terminal based on the optimization data so that the management terminal controls the drive device; And

E) transmitting a guide message to the mobile terminal when the amount of change of the external measurement data measured from the external measurement sensor installed outside the house is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an optimal environment according to the characteristics of a plurality of houses owned by a farmer.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention is to apply to the farm a ubiquitous (Ubiquitous) space that can obtain the information needed by the network anytime, anywhere.

1 illustrates a ubiquitous based farm management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The farm management system of the present invention is a farm 400, a communication network 500 for bidirectional communication with the farm 400, for transmitting management data and control signals to the farm 400 through the communication network 500 A farm management server 600, a meteorological office server 900 for providing weather data to the farm management server 600, a short message server used to provide data generated in the house and data necessary for farm management (Short Message) A service server (hereinafter referred to as an SMS server) 700 and a multimedia message service server (hereinafter referred to as an MMS server) 750 and a mobile terminal 800.

The farm management server 600 is a management unit 610 for managing a management terminal of the main management terminal and the sub house, a control unit 630 for controlling the farm management server 600, the main management terminal 300 and the movement The communication unit 650 for transmitting and receiving data with the terminal 800, the management data for managing the farm, that is, the farm management database 670 for managing the optimization data of temperature, humidity, or irradiation required for managing crops or livestock , And a warning message generator 690.

The management unit 610 for managing the main management terminal and the management terminal of the sub house classifies and registers the management terminal of the sub house provided in the house according to the type of object to be managed when there are a plurality of houses in a farm. To provide a predetermined tool (Tool).

In addition, when there are a plurality of houses, one house is set as the main house and the main management terminal 300 is installed, and the remaining houses are set as the management terminals 100 and 200 as sub-houses of the main house. The main terminal 300 and the management terminals 100 and 200 are registered in the management unit 610.

The farm management database 670 manages the working time to be provided to the crop or the livestock, such as when to seed the crop, sowing time, harvest time, fertilizer supply time and the like. In addition, the farm management database 670 stores in which house what crops or what livestock are grown or raised.

When the working time stored in the farm management database 670 arrives, the controller 630 transmits the working time data to the SMS server 700 or the MMS server 750 to notify the registered mobile terminal 800. send.

In addition, the control unit 630 searches the weather data provided from the Meteorological Agency server 900 to the warning message generator 690 to generate a warning message for weather disaster data such as heavy rain, heavy snow, typhoon, or cold waves. Send a predetermined control signal.

The SMS server 700 receives a message transmission request received from the farm management server 600 to process the guide message or warning message into a short message, and the MMS server 750 converts the data into a voice message or a multimedia message. Process to transmit to the mobile terminal (800).

The mobile terminal 800 is a work time for crops or livestock provided from the farm management server 800 through a mobile communication network, measurement data such as temperature, humidity, irradiation amount of each house, status data of the driving device, guide message Receive and display warning messages on the screen. At this time, by displaying the appropriate environmental factor data stored in the database 670 of the farm management server 800 so that it is easy to determine whether the current state of the house environment of the farmer or manager is normal or a situation requiring control. do.

In addition, the mobile terminal 800 accesses the farm management server 600 to remotely control the driving device 330 provided in the farm 400.

Figure 2 shows a management system of a farm implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The farm management system of the present invention includes at least one sub house, a main house, a mobile communication network 500, a farm management server 600, and a mobile terminal 800.

House of the present invention is used in the concept including livestock barn, freezing warehouse, cold storage warehouse, greenhouse. When the farm 400 has a predetermined number or more, the farm 400 sets at least one main house 300 and sets and operates the subject houses 100 and 200 subordinate to the main house 300. That is, the main management terminal 350 of the main house 300 is provided with a communication module for directly transmitting and receiving data with the farm management server 600 through the communication network 500.

On the other hand, the data transmission and reception between the main house 300 and the sub-houses (100, 200) uses a short-range wireless communication (290), and the data transmission and reception between the sub-houses (100, 200) also the short-range wireless communication (290) I use it.

Examples of the short range wireless communication include Bluetooth, Zigbee, infrared communication (IrDA), radio frequency (RF), radio frequency identification (RFID), and ultra wideband communication (UWB). The RF includes UHF (Ultra High Frequency), and VHF (Very High Frequency).

In other words, the measurement data of the first sub house 100 and the state data of the driving device 130 are transmitted to the management terminal 150 using short-range wireless communication, and a control signal is transmitted through the management terminal 150. Transmitted to the drive device 130.

In addition, the management terminal 150 transmits the data generated in the first sub-house 100 to the main management terminal 350 through the short-range wireless communication (290). The main management terminal 350 collects data generated from the first sub-house 100 and the second sub-house 200 and transmits the data to the farm management server 600 through the communication network 500.

The management terminal (150, 250) is a data collector for collecting and storing the environmental factors in the house, and transmits the collected environmental factors to the main management terminal 350 using the short-range wireless communication, And a short range wireless communication unit for transmitting the control signal received from the main management terminal 350 to the driving device.

In one application, when the management terminal 150, 250 receives the optimization data provided from the farm management server from the main management terminal 350, the measurement data is compared with the optimization data. For example, the control unit of the management terminal (150, 250) determines whether the humidity data according to the temperature data is appropriate, or whether the temperature data according to the irradiation amount is within the appropriate range.

3 schematically illustrates a main management terminal of a farm shown in FIG. 2.

At least one measurement sensor 310 for measuring environmental factors of the temperature and humidity of the house and at least one driving device 330 for controlling the environmental factors are installed in the main house 300. The main management terminal 350 is installed to manage the measurement sensor 310 and the driving device 330.

The measurement sensor 310 may include a measurement unit for measuring an environmental factor, a storage unit for storing measured measurement data, and a short range radio for transmitting the stored measurement data to the main management terminal 350 using short range wireless communication. It is configured to include a communication unit.

The measurement sensor 310 may include a temperature sensor 312, a humidity sensor 314, and an illuminance sensor 316 measuring the amount of sunlight / light provided in the main house. The temperature sensor, humidity sensor, and illuminance sensor are installed in each sub house as well as the main house.

In addition, the main house is provided with a rainfall / snow sensor 322 that can measure the amount of rainfall or snow and an external temperature sensor 324 that can measure the temperature of the atmosphere, that is, the external temperature of the main house.

Measurement data measured by the temperature sensor 312, the humidity sensor 314, the illuminance sensor 316, as well as the rainfall / snowfall sensor 322 and the external temperature sensor 324 is short-range wireless communication to the main management terminal. Is sent to 350.

The driving device 330 is a switching unit for switching the power (ON) / off (OFF) of the power according to the control signal received from the main management terminal 350, and the current on / off of the driving device 330 It includes a short-range wireless communication unit for transmitting a state to the main management terminal 350.

Examples of the driving device 330 include a humidifier 332, a cooling / heating device 334, a window switch 336, and an illuminator 338.

The main management terminal 350 performs short-range wireless communication from the measurement sensor 310 for measuring the internal environmental factor of the house, the measurement sensor 320 for measuring the external environmental factor of the house, and the driving device 330. A data collection unit 352 for storing data received through the control unit; a control unit 354 for transmitting a control signal received from the outside to the driving device 330 through the communication unit 358, or generating a control signal therein; And a communication unit 358 for performing short-range wireless communication with the measurement sensor 310 and the driving device 330, and performing wireless or wired communication with the farm management server 600 and the mobile terminal 800. It is composed.

The control unit 354 of the main management terminal 350 compares the measurement data received from the management terminals 150 and 250 of the sub house with the optimization data provided from the farm management server, and falls within the range of the reference data. If it is determined that the deviation from the optimization data generates a control signal for operating the drive device 330.

At least one main management terminal 350 is installed in the farm 400 and is registered in the farm management server 600 by a farmer or a manager. When there are a plurality of farms 400, there are also a plurality of main management terminals 350 installed in the farms 400, and types of crops or livestock grown, stored, stored, or reared among the houses of the farms 400. The same houses are grouped to facilitate the transmission and return of management data and control signals.

Therefore, when adding a house in the farm 400, by registering the information on the house to the farm management server 600, it is possible to remote control using the mobile terminal (800).

The operating state of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a ubiquitous based farm management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The farmer or manager registers the farm 400 and the house by accessing the farm management server 600 and inputting the location, management type, ID, etc. of the house formed in the farm 400 to be managed and controlled through the communication network. The management type includes a kind of crops grown in the farm 400, a kind of livestock raised, a kind of storage to be stored, and the like.

In this case, when there are a plurality of houses formed in the farm 400, one main house 300 is set and the other is set as a sub house subordinate to the main house 300.

Therefore, the data generated in the sub house is collected in the main house 300 so that the main management terminal 350 of the main house 300 is connected to the mobile terminal through the farm management server 600 through the communication network 500. 800).

In the system as described above, the main management terminal 350 of the main house 30 is the temperature required for the cultivation of crops managed in the sub house as well as the main house from the farm management server 600, or the breeding of livestock Receive optimization data of humidity, or irradiation amount (S410).

The management terminal receives measurement data measuring temperature, humidity, or irradiation amount in the house and current state data of a driving device for controlling the temperature, humidity, or irradiation amount through short-range wireless communication. The management terminal generates a wireless message based on the measurement data and the current state data of the driving device and transmits the wireless message to the main management terminal (S420). The current state data of the driving device 330 is data about whether the current driving device 330 is in an ON state or an OFF state.

The radio message includes an identification number of the management terminal, the measurement data, current state data of the driving device, and a message destination address for receiving the radio message. In the management terminal provided in the sub house, the arrival address is set as the main management terminal.

The measurement sensor 310 measures the environmental factors such as temperature and humidity inside the house, and the measured internal measurement data is compared with the optimization data provided from the farm management server 600, i.e., It is determined whether there is a range within the optimization data (S430).

As a result of the determination in step S430, when the internal measurement data falls within the range of the optimization data, it is determined whether the amount of change of the data measured outside of the house, that is, the external temperature data or the rainfall / snowfall data exceeds a predetermined value. It is determined (S440).

In other words, when the external temperature data rises or falls rapidly, or in case of heavy rain or heavy snowfall in which the amount of rainfall / snowfall exceeds a predetermined value, it may seriously affect crops or livestock. Required. Therefore, the main management terminal 350 transmits a guide message for this to the mobile terminal 800 of the farmer or manager of the house, and also transmits a control signal to the driving device to minimize the damage (S450).

In addition, the driving device of the house is remotely controlled using the mobile terminal 800 receiving the guide message (S560).

When the measurement data is out of the range of the optimization data as a result of the determination in step S430, or when the amount of change of the external measurement data does not exceed a predetermined value as a result of the determination in step S440, the main management terminal 350. In operation S470, the controller generates a control signal for operating the driving apparatus to operate the driving apparatus such that the measurement data is within the range of the optimization data by using the short range wireless communication.

That is, when the measurement data is temperature data, humidity data, and irradiation data, a temperature data range according to the irradiation amount is set, and the range of the humidity data according to the temperature data is set. For example, when the temperature data is in the range of 18 degrees to 26 degrees Celsius and the humidity data is 50% to 30%, the optimal humidity data at 18 degrees Celsius is 50%, and the optimal humidity data at 26 degrees Celsius is 30 degrees. Humidity data with temperature are determined differently in%.

Therefore, even if the temperature range satisfies the range of the reference data provided by the farm management server 600, if the humidity data does not satisfy the optimum humidity data according to the temperature, the main management terminal 350 in the house In order to apply humidity, a control signal for requesting driving of the humidifier is transmitted to the management terminal of the house.

As described in detail above, according to the ubiquitous-based farm management system and method of the present invention, when a farmer or a manager owns a plurality of houses, that is, a greenhouse, a barn, a storage warehouse, etc. Not only can be confirmed by the mobile terminal, but when control is required, the internal state of the house can be changed by using the mobile terminal, thereby reducing the burden of managing crops or livestock.

In addition, when cultivating and raising various types of crops and livestock, information required to grow each crop or raise livestock, such as sowing time, harvest time, pesticide supply time, fertilizer supply time, livestock vaccination time, etc. In this case, by receiving the information in the mobile terminal, there is an effect of improving the hassle caused by the farmer or manager depending on the memory.

In addition, by linking with the Meteorological Agency server in advance to deal with meteorological disasters such as typhoons and cold waves based on the weather data, there is an advantage that the damage to crops or livestock due to meteorological disaster can be minimized.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the technical field to which the present invention belongs without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. Anyone skilled in the art will have the technical idea of the present invention to the extent that various modifications or changes are possible.

Claims (19)

The house to detect an environmental factor including temperature, humidity, or irradiation amount inside the house and to control the environmental factor through a measuring sensor that detects temperature, humidity, or irradiation amount installed inside the house using near field communication. A management terminal interlocking with at least one driving device installed in the interior of the; The driving device of the main house is driven according to measurement data including at least one of an internal temperature, humidity, or irradiation amount and an external temperature, rainfall, or snow amount detected using the measurement sensors installed inside and outside the main house. A main management terminal for controlling, transmitting and receiving data with at least one management terminal through the short range wireless communication, and transmitting and receiving data with a farm management server through a wired or wireless network; And Transmit optimization data of temperature, humidity, or irradiation required for managing crops or livestock managed by the house to the main management terminal, and transmit a guide message generated from the main management terminal to a mobile terminal through the wireless communication network, Ubiquitous based farm management system comprising a farm management server for transmitting the control signal received from the mobile terminal to the main management terminal via the wireless communication network. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is Ubiquitous-based farm management system, characterized in that further comprises a meteorological office server for providing weather data to the farm management server. According to claim 2, The farm management server, And a warning message generator for generating a warning message and transmitting the weather data when the weather data includes at least one of heavy rain, heavy snow, typhoon, and cold waves. Ubiquitous based farm management system. The farm management server according to claim 1 or 2, A database for managing management data necessary for managing crops or livestock managed by the house; And When the management data includes the working time to be provided to the crops or the livestock, the ubiquitous characterized in that it comprises a control unit for determining whether the working time has arrived to send a guide message to the mobile terminal Based farm management system. The system of claim 4, wherein the system is Ubiquitous-based characterized in that it further comprises a Short Message Service Server for receiving the request message transmission request from the farm management server to generate and transmit the guide message to the mobile terminal as a short message Farm management system. The method of claim 1, wherein the main management terminal, And a control unit which compares the measurement data received from the management terminal and the measurement data measured from the measurement sensor of the main house with the optimization data and generates a control signal for operating the driving apparatus when the optimization data is out of the optimization data. Is composed, The optimization data is a ubiquitous based farm management system, characterized in that including the temperature according to the irradiation amount, the humidity according to the temperature. The method of claim 6, wherein the management terminal, A data collector for collecting and storing environmental factors in the house; And And a short range wireless communication unit configured to transmit the collected environmental factors to the main management terminal and to transmit a control signal received from the main management terminal to the driving device by using the short range wireless communication. Ubiquitous based farm management system. The method of claim 7, wherein the management terminal, And a control unit for generating a control signal for operating the driving device when the measurement data is out of the farm management data by comparing the measured data with the farm management data. The method of claim 1, wherein the measurement sensor and the driving device transmit and receive data to and from the management terminal or the main management terminal through short-range wireless communication. , The short-range wireless communication is one of Bluetooth, Zigbee, Infrared Communication (IrDA), Radio Frequency (RF), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), and UWB. Based farm management system. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises: A measuring unit mounted at a predetermined position of the house and measuring an environmental factor; A storage unit for storing the measured measurement data; And Ubiquitous-based farm management further comprises a measurement sensor comprising a short range wireless communication unit for sending the stored measurement data to the management terminal using the short range wireless communication at a predetermined time period. system. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises: A switching unit for turning on / off according to a control signal received from the management terminal; And Ubiquitous-based farm management system, characterized in that it further comprises a drive device comprising a short-range wireless communication unit for transmitting the on / off state to the management terminal. A management terminal for transmitting and receiving data to and from the measurement sensor and the driving device through near field communication; And a main management terminal for transmitting and receiving data to and from the management terminal through the short range wireless communication and communicating with a farm management server through a wired or wireless network. A) receiving, by the main management server, optimization data of temperature, humidity, or dose corresponding to a crop or livestock managed by a house from the farm management server; B) transmitting measurement data measuring temperature, humidity, or irradiation amount in the house and current state data of a driving device for controlling the temperature, humidity, or irradiation amount to the main management terminal through the management terminal; C) comparing the measurement data inside the house with the optimization data to determine whether it is within a range of the optimization data; D) if outside the range of the optimization data, the main management terminal sends a control signal to the management terminal based on the optimization data so that the management terminal controls the drive device; And E) Ubiquitous-based farm management method comprising the step of transmitting a guide message to the mobile terminal when the amount of change of the external measurement data measured from the external measurement sensor installed outside the house more than a predetermined value. The method of claim 12, wherein the method is F) transmitting, by the mobile terminal, a predetermined control signal to the main management terminal; and G) Ubiquitous-based farm management method characterized in that it is determined whether or not the operation of the drive device in accordance with the control signal. The method of claim 13, wherein the method is H) the ubiquitous-based, characterized in that further comprising the step of transmitting the current state data of the drive device changed by the control of the drive device in accordance with the control signal to the main management terminal and sent to the mobile terminal How to care for your farm. The method of claim 12, wherein the optimization data of the temperature, humidity or dosage amount, Ubiquitous-based farm management method comprising the temperature according to the irradiation amount, and the humidity amount according to the temperature. The control signal of claim 15, wherein when the external measurement data is external temperature data of the house, a control signal is generated to selectively operate a heating or cooling device when a change amount of the external temperature data is out of a predetermined range. Ubiquitous based farm management method. The method of claim 12, wherein the method comprises: I) When the working time to be provided to the crops or livestock arrives, the farm management server further comprises the step of transmitting a guide message to the mobile terminal ubiquitous based farm management method. The method of claim 17, wherein the farm management server generates the guide message as a short message or a voice message and transmits the guide message to the mobile terminal. The method of claim 12, wherein the short range wireless communication is Bluetooth, Zigbee, infrared communication (IrDA), radio frequency (RF), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), and seconds. Ubiquitous based farm management method, characterized in that one of the broadband (UWB).

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